[Bug 1880717] [NEW] Support netplan in initramfs

[Johan Ehnberg]

Public bug reported:

The first bullet point of Netplans' Key Goals is "Usable in initramfs
(few dependencies and fast)".

This is currently not supported in Ubuntu.

A basic approach would be to use the same /etc/netplan/*.yaml whenever
initramfs depends on networking.

Supporting netplan in initramfs has the potential to go beyond the 'ip='
kernel command line / initramfs config.

Initramfs-tools does generate a netplan config, that is not what this
bug report is about. On the contrary, that feature actually limits the
concerned interface to 'ip=' feature levels even after initramfs, since
it effectively overrides said interface's config in /etc/netplan/.

** Affects: netplan.io (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Support netplan in initramfs

Status in netplan.io package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The first bullet point of Netplans' Key Goals is "Usable in initramfs
  (few dependencies and fast)".

  This is currently not supported in Ubuntu.

  A basic approach would be to use the same /etc/netplan/*.yaml whenever
  initramfs depends on networking.

  Supporting netplan in initramfs has the potential to go beyond the
  'ip=' kernel command line / initramfs config.

  Initramfs-tools does generate a netplan config, that is not what this
  bug report is about. On the contrary, that feature actually limits the
  concerned interface to 'ip=' feature levels even after initramfs,
  since it effectively overrides said interface's config in
  /etc/netplan/.

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